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Meeting Minutes of the Main Street Advisory Board Present Matt Coyle- Chairman Ashlea Mattoon- Vice Chair Karie Raulston Nancy Waldrum Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager 107 Kaufman St Paris Texas City Council Chambers Tuesday, January 14, 2014 Absent: Beatrice Ardila Jill Drake Jerry Coyle Cleonne Drake- Council Liaison Becky Semple- Chamber Liaison Guest: Jed Irwin 1. Call meeting to order- Matt Coyle 4:22 p.m. 2. Role taken. Quorum established. 3. Citizens Forum: none 4. Approval of minutes of December 17, 2013 with corrections to item 5 section c: word roved was corrected to say "provided." Motion to approve by Nancy Waldrum and second by Karie Raulston. Motion carried. 5. Coordinator report: A review of the BIG grant based on the past year's suggestions was sent to board members with highlight sections submitted by email and in packet. All highlighted sections were reviewed; the recommended changes are as follows: First page of the grant information: a. Changes wording on awards from "a 50/50" match to "up to 50/50 ". b. Signage requests are important for the district. Applicant who submits a request for funding will only be considered for an award with a rendering from the Texas Main Street Program Design review. Second page changes: c. All grant requests will require three estimates. Third page changes: d. The grant window was discussed to allow more time for MSAB to review applications. Grant window will stay the same; however, the board requested more time to review requests prior to the meeting. It was determined that Coordinator will send the grant requests to the advisory board when received the Main Street office. A hard copy will be sent at the first of the month in which the grant will be considered. This will allow extra time to review grant by board and address any questions before the regular scheduled meeting. The grant will still be considered in the Regular Advisory Board meeting.